The official blog of Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle

Announcements

03/03/2008

Young Films has secured a deal with Altadena Films, an international sales agent, to sell Gaelic feature film Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, around the world. Altadena will represent the film at the Berlin Film Festival then at markets and festivals around the world thereafter. For the international market the English title will be Seachd - The Crimson Snowdrop.

Altadena Films (previously Inframe Films) specialises in acquiring rights to exceptional independent feature films by talented directors. The company is part of Hollywood Classics, which represents the classic film libraries of MGM/UA, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Canal Plus and Carlton International, as well as a number of films from independent producers.

We’re delighted to announce that Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle is now available to buy or rent on DVD. The film is currently available in Region 2 (European) format with English, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Welsh subtitles.

The DVD also includes:
* The original short film - “Foighidinn: The Crimson Snowdrop” - from which Seachd grew
* Director’s commentary with Simon Miller and Angus Peter Campbell
* Deleted scenes
* Interviews with cast and crew
* Footage from the Ceilidh after the premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

10/08/2007

Moran moran taing! Many many thanks for the overwhelming support we have received after BAFTA strangely neglected to put any non-English language British films for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars.

We have been inundated with messages of support from around the world and the debate has even made it in to the Scottish Parliament. We do not know whether it is still possible for BAFTA's decision to be overturned, but regardless we sincerely hope that BAFTA will change their system such that every British film has a chance to enter the Oscars whatever the language spoken within it.

09/17/2007

Following Seachd's release across the Gàidhealtachd at the end of September, the very first dates for mainland Scotland have been announced for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Dundee and Aberdeen. More are expected to follow, but I thought it was worth announcing these dates as soon as possible.

Seachd will open on the week commencing 5th October at the following cinemas:

Kicking off a series of special events ahead of the film’s release is a gala presentation of Seachd at the Faclan Book Festival (Wednesday 29th August). Angus Peter Campbell will be talking about the film to Mairead Martin from Soda Pictures. Further events to celebrate this exceptional release include; Creagorry Q&A with Padruig Morrison, Chris Young and Simon Miller; BBC Film Festival workshop discussing the making of the film; screening and presentation at the CCA in Glasgow; BAFTA screening. It is hoped that the film will screen in Fort William for the duration of the Mod.

Marking a unique and defining moment in Scottish cinema, the RBS Screen Machine will have an exclusive first run of the film in the Outer Hebrides from 15th September ahead of opening in the Highland and Islands on the 28th September. The film goes on commercial release in the central belt from the 5th October and in London and England from the 19th October.

Seachd will open across the Gàidhealtachd from the middle of September in a ground-breaking move by the film’s distributor, Soda Pictures. Producer Chris Young said, ‘I am thrilled that the film will be seen first by those communities where Gaelic is a living, dynamic and vibrant language.’

Marking a unique and defining moment in Scottish cinema, the RBS Screen Machine (a mobile cinema that brings films to the remote parts of the Highlands and Isles) will have an exclusive first run of the film in the Outer Hebrides from 15th September ahead of opening in the Highland and Islands on the 28th September. The film goes on commercial release in the central belt from the 5th October and in London and England from the 19th October.

Moran moran taing (many many thanks) again to all those people that have befriended us on MySpace. We're now at 10,000 friends and counting! We continue to be overwhelmed with your love for the idea of a Scottish Gaelic film and thanks for all the comments wishing us luck. It means a great deal to us all!

06/14/2007

Would you like to help us spread the word about the first ever Scottish Gaelic feature film? If you have just a few spare minutes and use the web regularly then you can help in small ways that will make a big difference to the film and to the Scottish Gaelic language.

If you'd like to help out, simply send an email to eteam@seachd.com to join our e-team. We'll be in contact shortly afterwards with a few things you can do online to help spread the word about the film.

They'll be some exclusives for e-team members along the way but most of all, if you have the time, we look forward to working with you!

06/03/2007

I hope you like our new MySpace profile page (all suggestions for improvements are most welcome).

In the meantime, just a quick note about the original Seachd community and its combination with MySpace...

Well, we'll be turning off the Seachd community provided by Ning by the end of this coming week simply because MySpace offers so much more potential to spread the word about Seachd. I've transferred all of the existing discussions within the forum to our new forum home at MySpace here: